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18 May 2026, 14:03

On Monday, May 28, Amnesty International reported that Iran executed a "record" number of 2,159 people in 2025; a figure that has caused the global statistics to rise to the highest level since 1981.

The London-based organization stated that at least 2,707 people were executed worldwide in 2025, although executions carried out in China are not included in this figure. Amnesty International noted that "thousands of executions" took place in China, which has the highest use of the death penalty in the world, but details remain unclear due to the "confidentiality of government data" in this communist country.

The organization added that the global statistics for 2025, which include executions in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt, Yemen, Singapore, and the United States, have increased by more than two-thirds compared to the total for 2024.

The report stated: "This trend has been most pronounced in countries where officials have intensified their control over power by restricting civil space, silencing dissenting voices, and disregarding the protections established in international human rights laws and standards." According to Amnesty International, the "unprecedented increase in recorded executions in Iran" has occurred while officials of the Islamic Republic, especially after last summer's 12-day war with Israel, have "intensified the use of the death penalty as a tool for political repression and control."

Amnesty International and other human rights groups have stated that following widespread anti-government protests in December of last year and also after the onset of the war with Israel and the United States in March, the use of the death penalty in Iran has increased.
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